“Sai Pallavi Was The First Choice For Arjun Reddy” : Sandeep Vanga

The pre-release event of Thandel was held in Hyderabad last night, and it had maverick Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga as the chief guest. While speaking at the event, Sandeep Reddy had a very interesting revelation about Sai Pallavi, who happens to be playing the female lead in Thandel.

Sandeep revealed that he has been a huge fan of Sai Pallavi right from her Premam days. He revealed that she was even briefly considered for the female lead role in iconic Arjun Reddy.

“I had the impression of Sai Pallavi in my mind while casting for Arjun Reddy. But when Malayalam actor coordinator got in touch with me and I enquired about Sai Pallavi, he asked me to forget about it as she would not even wear sleeveless.

Let alone doing such romantic scenes in the film. That’s how I ended up zeroing out Sai Pallavi. But the good thing that I have observed in her over the years is that he maintained her standard and checkpoints as an actress all through her career, which is very rare.” Sandeep said.

Speaking next, Sai Pallavi said Arjun Reddy is a brilliant film and it deserved to be made with the actors who played the lead roles eventually. “ The actress who played Shalini was brilliant, and so was Vijay as Arjun Reddy. I believe certain actors are destined to play certain roles, and that’s what I think happened with the final cast of Arjun Reddy.”

Sai Pallavi accredited Sandeep Reddy Vanga as one of the original film makers who has his own language and comments humongous following across the country.

Both Sandeep and Sai Pallavi shared mutual respect for each other. But on the other hand, social media users are imagining how it would have been if Sai Pallavi actually played the female lead in Arjun Reddy, as crazy as it may sound.